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Game Love

Author : Jessica Enevold

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 43,8 MB

Release : 2015-01-09

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 147661878X

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What does love have to do with gaming? As games have grown in complexity, they have increasingly included narratives that seek to engage players with love in a variety of ways. While media attention often focuses on violent emotions and behavior in gaming, love has always been central to the experience. We love to play games, we have titles that we love, and sometimes we love too much or love terrible games for their shortcomings. Love in gaming is rather like love in life--often complicated and frustrating but also exciting and gratifying. This collection of fresh essays explores the meaning and role of love in gaming, describing a number of ways--from coding to cosplay--in which love can be expressed in, for and around games. Investigating how gaming involves love is also key to understanding the growing importance of games and gamers as cultural markers.



For Love of the Game

Author : Michael Shaara

Publisher : Ballantine Books

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 44,60 MB

Release : 1997-03-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0345408926

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“Moving, beautiful . . . If Hemingway had written a baseball novel, he might have written For Love of the Game.”—Los Angeles Times Billy Chapel is a baseball legend, after seventeen season a sure Hall of Famer. He is a man who has retained the endearing qualities of youth, a man who has devoted his life to the game he loves and plays so well. But, because of his unsurpassed skill and innocent faith, he has been betrayed. It's the final game of the season, and Billy's got one last chance to prove who he is and what he can do, a chance to prove what really matters in this life. A taut, compelling story of one man's coming of age, For Love of the Game is Michael Shaara's final novel, the classic finish to a brilliantly distinguished literary career. Praise for For Love of the Game “A delightful and lyrical story about a great athlete's momentous last game . . . A fairy tale for adults about love and loneliness and finally growing up.”—USA Today “An endearing, timeless novel that can be enjoyed by both serious readers and baseball lovers for generations to come.”—The Orlando Sentinel



The Game Can't Love You Back

Author : Karole Cozzo

Publisher : Swoon Reads

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 42,95 MB

Release : 2018-05-15

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1250163897

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Eve is used to being the odd woman out. As the only girl on her school's baseball team, she knows exactly how to put sweaty, macho baseball players in their place, and she's learned to focus on one thing and one thing only--being the best pitcher she can be. But when a freak accident forces her school to be absorbed by the neighboring town, Eve has to contend with a new group of guys who aren't used to having a woman on their team. And the new team's star pitcher, Jamie, has no interest in being ousted from his throne. He can't afford to give up his starting slot to a new pitcher--especially to a girl. As the competition between Jamie and Eve starts to heat up, so does their attraction to each other. Can they keep their heads in the game, or will they end up getting played? -- netgalley.



The Game of Love and Death

Author : Martha Brockenbrough

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 11,98 MB

Release : 2015-04-28

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0545668352

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In this “inventive and affecting” historical young adult novel, a black girl and a white boy are pawns in a magical game between Love and Death (Publishers Weekly). Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and Henry don’t know is that they are pawns in a game played by the eternal adversaries Love and Death, here brilliantly reimagined as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters. Can their hearts and their wills overcome not only their earthly circumstances, but forces that have battled throughout history? In the rainy Seattle of the 1920’s, romance blooms among the jazz clubs, the mansions of the wealthy, and the shanty towns of the poor. But what is more powerful: love? Or death? “Race, class, fate and choice—they join Love and Death to play their parts in Brockenbrough’s haunting and masterfully orchestrated narrative.” —Kirkus Reviews



Love and the Game

Author : Johnni Sherri

Publisher : Urban Books

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 32,98 MB

Release : 2019-06-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1601622287

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Perri Daniels is a tomboy at heart, fitting right on in with the guys. She spends her time fighting, hooping and playing video games alongside her best friend Plus. Living in the Millwood Projects of Prince George's County, Maryland, the two grew up more like family than friends. On prom night, the two lose their virginity to one another, and by graduation she discovers she's pregnant. Forced to give up her basketball scholarship, Perri grows into a vivacious woman and begins a relationship with Derrick. NBA bound, Plus endures a withering friendship with Perri until tragedy strikes. -- adapted from back cover



The Love Game

Author : Anthony Adams

Publisher : CreateSpace

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 26,89 MB

Release : 2015-02-14

Category :

ISBN : 9781507621431

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Can 36 Questions make anyone fall in love with you? Turns out science says yes. The Love Game is based on the proven research of Dr. Arthur Aron in the area of rapid intimacy. Created to be read with a partner over an hour or two, The Love Game guides you through a series of 36 increasingly intimate questions, designed to create a context for increased connection and vulnerability. Join hundreds of thousands of couples from around the world and play The Love Game -- you just may fall, or fall deeper, in love.



Love of the Game

Author : John Coy

Publisher : Feiwel & Friends

Page : 190 pages

File Size : 16,58 MB

Release : 2011-11-08

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1429995394

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Middle school is full of new challenges for Jackson, Gig, Isaac, and Diego, four sports-loving friends who have always stuck together. Lockers that won't open, older (and bigger) kids, classes that are far apart, tons of homework—there's a lot to get used to. One thing the boys are looking forward to, however, is making the football team. Not every one will get what he wants, though, on the field and at home.



The Love Game

Author : Emma Hart

Publisher : Amazon Digital Services

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 10,68 MB

Release : 2013-03-27

Category :

ISBN : 9781483903293

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His challenge? Make her fall in love with him.Her challenge? Play the player.Until life changes the rules of the game.Maddie Stevens hated Braden Carter on sight. Arrogant, egotistical, and the playboy of the University of California, Berkeley, he's everything her brother Pearce has taught her to despise. So why, when the girls challenge her to play the player, doesn't she say no? She doesn't know either.Braden wanted fiery little Maddie the second he laid eyes on her - and he'd do anything to have her, hence why he's agreed to make her fall in love with him. After all, it's the only way he'll get what he wants. Sex.But, as Braden discovers, there's more to the girl from Brooklyn than he ever imagined - and he can't help but care about the broken girl behind those pretty green eyes.Maddie finds Braden isn't just a walking erection - he actually has feelings. He can be sweet, funny and his good looks don't exactly hurt. That means trouble - but when her brother Pearce turns up in Berkeley begging for her help, she realises Braden and Pearce aren't so alike anymore.And maybe, just maybe, they're exactly what each other needs.



Love Game

Author : Elizabeth Wilson

Publisher : Serpent's Tail

Page : 433 pages

File Size : 19,32 MB

Release : 2014-05-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1847658784

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Tennis's gladiatorial beauty, its stylish duelling and fashionable court-wear make it a romantic's dream. Ever since young men and women first came together to play on vicarage lawns, this most Victorian of games has always had a peculiarly passionate undercurrent - love even makes it into the scoring system. And passion in other forms - the rivalry of Federer and Nadal, and John McEnroe's legendary angry outbursts. Beyond the romance, tennis has always been a barometer of the times. French star Suzanne Lenglen was a celebrity trailblazer, Jimmy Connors channelled punk, and Henman Hill is unrecognisable from the days when the All England Club ostracised working-class Fred Perry - and the great English tennis champion who is now more famous as a leisure clothing brand than a sportsman. Love Game is the must-have companion for tennis fans during Wimbledon 2015. It tells the story of tennis' journey from upper-middle-class hobby to global TV spectacle, taking in the innovators and trendsetters, the great players, heroes and iconoclasts, and the politics, class wars and culture clashes of what could rightfully be called the 'beautiful game'.



Peppa Pig and the I Love You Game

Author : Candlewick Press

Publisher : Candlewick Entertainment

Page : 33 pages

File Size : 33,29 MB

Release : 2015-12-08

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0763681261

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It's Valentine's Day, and for Peppa, it's all about love. It's February 14, and Peppa Pig's family is playing the I Love You game! Peppa loves many things: her goldfish, her birthday, cookies, books, going to school, and so much more. George mostly loves dinosaurs. Mummy and Daddy Pig have their favorites to add to the list, and so do Granny and Grandpa Pig. But what does Peppa love most of all?